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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, DECIMAL ISSUES
Lot 625 | [ CTO ] |
1988-2003 accumulation of CTO sheets and large blocks, including 1988 Living Together 1c, 53c, 63c and 68c in blocks of 40, 1992 Space, Vineyards, Australia Day, 1993 Christmas Island, World Heritage, Parliament, 1994 Bunyip, IYOF, 1995 Australia Day, 1996 Christmas Island, Planes, World Heritage, 1999 AAT, Polly Woodside, Small Pond, 2002 Thai Joint Issue, Christmas Island, 2003 Rugby, etc. Of great use for research into the Australia Post CTO products (41 sheets/panes/large blocks)    | ||
| Lot 626 | [ **/*/O ] |
1966-73 1c Red-brown QEII Definitive study mounted on leaves, with Plate No. 4 top right block of 4 and pair, range of catalogued plate varieties, including Sheet A 6/1, 7/4, Sheet C 2/7, 4/3, 6/1, 8/3, Sheet D 5/4, 8/9 and others, mostly in positional blocks. Also a group of used with plated varieties. Very fine (228 M, 58 U)          | ||
| Lot 627 | [ ** ] |
1966-73 1c Red-brown QEII Definitive accumulation on stock sheets and hagners, largely positional pieces showing many of the listed plate varieties with much duplication, also Plate No. 4 top right blocks of 20 (x 7). A few pieces have some rust, but generally very fine MUH, a good lot providing the buyer with almost all the catalogued plate varieties (approx 1100)      | ||
| Lot 628 | [ **/* ] |
1966-73 1c Red-brown QEII Sheet A block of 20 from top of sheet showing complete Plate No. '4', and Sheet C block of 20 from base of sheet showing near-complete Plate No. '4', very fine, the latter with two units hinged. BW 436z,za, cat AU$335 as plate no. blocks of 4 (40)  | ||
| Lot 629 | [ **/* ] |
1966-73 1c Red-brown QEII Sheet A block of 20 from top of sheet showing complete Plate No. '4', and Sheet C block of 20 from bottom of sheet showing near-complete 'Plate No. '4', very fine, the latter with two units hinged. BW 436z,za, cat AU$335 as plate no. blocks of 4 (40)  | ||
| Lot 630 | [ ** ] |
1966-73 3c Grey-green QEII Definitive specialised study mounted on pages, with blocks showing the various helecon reactions, and a detailed study of the various plate varieties and retouches, including almost all of the BW listed varieties, few used stamps included. Very fine, and a difficult group to assemble today. BW cat AU$1500++ (525 M, 11 U)          | ||
| Lot 631 | [ **/O ] |
1966-73 3c Grey-green QEII Definitive duplicated accumulation of mint mostly positional multiples with plate varieties on stock sheets, including many of the listed varieties, plus a small group of used stamps with plate flaws identified. A small number of stamps affected by rust, but mostly very fine and high cat value (approx 600 M, 29 U)      | ||
| Lot 632 | [ ** ] |
1966-73 3c Grey-green QEII variety 'Non-helecon Paper' marginal block of 6 superb MUH. BW 438ac, cat AU$750  | ||
| Lot 633 | [ **/O ] |
Stockbook with 4c Red QEII mostly used accumulation showing various retouches and recuts, some plated, and with considerable duplication (approx 700)      | ||
| Lot 634 | [ ** ] |
Large duplicated accumulation of 4c Red QEII plate numbers in blocks of 20, with -16-, 17, -19-, 20, -20, -20-, 21, -21, -21-, -22-, 23, -23-, 24, -24, -24-, 25, -25-, 26, 28, -28-, unfortunately the greater portion of the blocks are affected by tone spots, mostly in the selvedge (approx 150 blocks of 20)    | ||
| Lot 635 | [ ** ] |
1967-72 5c Blue QEII variety 'Non-helecon Paper', two blocks of 4, one on coated paper (bluish-grey UV reaction) and the other from top left corner on uncoated paper (dull grey UV reaction), both superb MUH. BW 444ad,ae, cat AU$800 (8)  | ||
| Lot 636 | [ ** ] |
1967-72 5c Blue QEII variety 'Offset' superb MUH bottom left corner block of 10. BW 444c, cat AU$750  | ||
| Lot 637 | [ **/* ] |
1966-72 5c Blue QEII block of 20 from bottom of sheet showing part Plate No. '1', very fine with only a few units hinged. BW 444za, cat AU$1000  | ||
| Lot 638 | [ **/* ] |
1967-72 5c Blue QEII block of 20 from bottom of sheet showing part Plate No. '1', several stamps with tone spots. BW 444za, cat AU$1000  | ||
| Lot 639 | [ **/* ] |
1967-72 5c Blue QEII block of 20 from bottom of Sheet E showing large Part Plate No. '-3', very fine with only several units hinged. BW catalogue states possibly only two examples recorded. BW 444zc, cat AU$1000  | ||
| Lot 640 | [ **/* ] |
1966-73 7c Purple QEII Definitive, extensive mint mounted collection with range of helecon paper reactions, dry ink and smudging varieties, and extensive range of plated varieties, mostly in positional blocks, but not including any of the rare retouches and recuts. Much of interest to the student of this fascinating stamp (approx 1600)         | ||
| Lot 641 | [ ** ] |
1966-72 50c William Dampier blocks of 10 from the upper left corner of sheets, each showing Plate No. '1' and showing different characteristics of the perforation pip, suggesting these represent upper and lower positions on the printer's sheet of 200, very fine MUH. BW 461z, cat AU$550 (20)  | ||
| Lot 642 | [ ** ] |
1966-72 50c William Dampier block of 12 from top left corner of sheet showing complete Plate No. 2 (inverted), and block of 16 from top right corner of sheet showing complete Plate No. '2' with dashes (inverted), very fine MUH. BW 461za,zb, cat AU$650 (28)  | ||
| Lot 643 | [ ** ] |
1966-74 $1 Matthew Flinders gutter block of 4 from bottom of sheet showing complete Plate No. '1', very fine MUH and scarce. BW463z, cat AU$400  | ||
| Lot 644 | [ ** ] |
1967 5c on 4c Red QEII horizontal pair imperforate between from miscut booklet pane, superb MUH. This pair is from the original find of a booklet pane of 5 plus tab in 1975 which was divided into three pairs; subsequently a further piece surfaced which included two imperforate between pairs (as illustrated in the BW catalogue). A major decimal rarity. BW 443b, cat AU$10000  | ||
| Lot 645 (Withdrawn) | [ C ] | 1968 5c Soil and Medical gutter pair (1) solo usage from Aust FPO 2  | ||
| Lot 646 | [ P ] |
1968 Famous Australians 5c Edgeworth David Die Proof in Black on Pale Blue tinted glossy paper affixed to thin card (88 x 90mm, showing almost complete die sinkage), very fine. Four die proofs are recorded in private hands on various litho tinted papers. BW 498DP(1)A, cat AU$2000  | ||
| Lot 647 | [ P ] |
1968 Famous Australians 5c Edgeworth David Die Proof in Black on white wove paper with blue-green litho tint affixed to thin card (54mm x 73mm), very fine and one of only two examples recorded in this shade. BW 496DP(1)B, cat AU$2000  | ||
| Lot 648 | [ P ] |
1968 Famous Australians 5c Edgeworth David Die Proof in Black on white wove paper with pale green litho tint affixed to thin card (54mm x 52mm), fine and the only recorded example in this shade. BW 496DP(1)C, cat AU$2000  | ||
| Lot 649 | [ O ] |
1968 Famous Australians Booklet 5c Caroline Chisholm from position 2 of a booklet pane of 6 error 'Imperforate at Top' roughly severed at top, fine used. This stamp was purchased at a Harmers of Sydney auction in the mid-1970s and has not been on the market since. Only one other example of this error (illustrated in the BW catalogue) is recorded. An important decimal error. BW 495b, cat AU$2000  | ||
| Lot 650 | [ P ] |
1969 Prime Ministers 5c G.H. Reid Die Proof in Black on white wove paper with pale cream litho tint affixed to thin card (50mm x 40mm), fine. One of two recorded die proofs in this shade; note that the two marks at upper right also occur on the other recorded example and are apparently defects in the litho tint and not stains. BW 512DP(1)B, cat AU$2000  | ||
| Lot 651 | [ P ] |
1969 Prime Ministers 5c Alfred Deakin Die Proof in Black on white wove paper with pale blue litho tint and affixed to thin card (70mm x 77mm), very fine and one of two recorded examples. BW 510DP(1)A, cat AU$2000  | ||
| Lot 652 | [ P ] |
1972 Prime Ministers W.M. Hughes Die Proof in Black on Buff-tinted wove paper affixed to thin card (87 X 85mm) with unissued 6c denomination. Fine and one of four recorded 6c die proofs in private hands on various tinted papers. BW 588(DP)2B, cat AU$2000  | ||
| Lot 653 | [ P ] |
1972 Prime Ministers W.M. Hughes Die Proof in Black on Pale Blue unevenly tinted wove paper affixed to thin card (82 x 83mm) with unissued 6c denomination. Fine and one of four recorded 6c die proofs in private hands on various tinted papers. BW588(DP)2C, cat AU$2000  | ||
| Lot 654 | [ P ] |
1973 Famous Australians 7c Dame Mary Gilmore Die Proof in Black on wove paper affixed to thin card (78 x 82mm, showing almost complete die sinkage), very fine and rare with only four die proofs recorded in private hands. BW 629DP(1), cat AU$1500  | ||
| Lot 655 | [ C ] |
1974 Animals 75c Greater Glider pair on 1976 (12 Nov) large commercial airmail cover from Aberdenne St. Perth to Italy, endorsed 'Printed Matter Only' and apparently paying 6 x 25c card rate, minor faults  | ||
| Lot 656 | [ C ] |
1974 Paintings $2 solo on 1979 (6 Jun) airmail express cover to USA (rate applied 1.6.79 - 31.3.80), alos $4 used with 1979 Christmas 25c on PJ Downie registered parcel front (2)   | ||
| Lot 657 | [ ** ] |
1975 18c Helichrysum Definitive vertical strip of 10 error 'Grey Omitted' on first five units, and partially omitted on the sixth unit, superb MUH. BW 725cf, cat AU$1800  | ||
| Lot 658 | [ ** ] |
1975 18c Helichrysum Definitive vertical strip of 10 from left side of sheet, error 'Green Omitted' from first three units and partially omitted from next unit, superb MUH. BW 725ch, cat AU$1800  | ||
| Lot 659 | [ ** ] |
1975 45c Callistemon Definitive vertical pair from left of sheet, lower unit error 'Dull Yellow-green Omitted' with slight omission from upper unit. BW772cd, cat AU$500  | ||
| Lot 660 | [ **/O ] |
1982 Whales 60c trial printing with solid blue background very fine MUH, also a used example affected by rust. BW 930E(1), cat AU$650 (2)  | ||
| Lot 661 | [ B ] |
1992 45c Thinking of You Booklet error 'All Printing on Stamp Pane Omitted', very fine and one of two recorded examples, with 2000 RPSV Certificate. BW B190Ac, cat AU$4000   | ||
